General Emergency Duties Course

SS-C-005    General Emergency Duties Course (GED)

AIM

This program provides aircrew with the in-flight and water emergency training necessary to meet 14 CFR Part 121.417, Part 91 Subpart K and Part 135.331 requirements.  During the two days of instruction our student’s receive training in the American Heart Association’s Heartsaver/Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) protocols, high altitude protocols and unexpected medical emergency training in addition to Survival System’s Aircraft Ditching Course.

CONTENT

     Cabin emergency response training:

• Fire fighting in a smoke-filled cabin environment
• Crewmember duties, responsibilities and emergency coordination
• Hazards to aircraft and crewmembers
• Survival equipment carried on aircraft
• Aircraft accident/incident history
• Crewmember incapacitation
• General hijacking and other unusual situations
• Operations above 25,000 feet and rapid decompression
• Emergency breathing systems and oxygen delivery systems
• Proper brace positions, emergency exit jettisoning and cabin evacuation
• Life raft deployment

     Emergency water survival skills:

• Life Preserver Units (LPU)
• Surface survival formations and hypothermia mitigation positions
• Boarding and righting a life raft
• Use of surface rescue devices in use by Search and Rescue responders
• Underwater escape training using the Modular Egress Training Simulator (METS™)

     First aid training:

• The carrier’s first aid kit contents
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Use of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)

DURATION

16 Hours

PREREQUISITES

* A statement of health form (completed on first day of course)

* Trainees are expected to be in a good state of health and physically capable of taking part in all course activities. Those trainees in noncompliance will be refused and billed for the full course.

CERTIFICATION

All persons who successfully complete the program based on performance standards will receive a Survival Systems certificate of completion and student ID card.

REGISTRATION

Our course is offered through the Groton Training Center located at 144 Tower Avenue in Groton, Connecticut  06340. For scheduling please contact us at 860-405-0002, Toll-free:  888-386-5371, Fax:  860-405-0006 or email us at registrar@survivalsystemsinc.com.



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